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Mr Hassack worked at Outwood Academy Acklam and Outwood Academy Ormesby, both now rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted having previously been in special measures.

Most recently, he also oversaw Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth as it was rated ‘Good’ after being inspected for the first time since converting in 2016 from Bishopsgarth School, which was rated by Ofsted as ‘Requires Improvement’.

Mr Hassack said: “This is a really exciting time for us at Outwood as we continue to grow in the North-east.

“We recently started working with the staff and students at Hillsview Academy, to help smooth the transition and to ensure we hit the ground running in September as Outwood Academy Normanby."

The trust has also stated that the academy council will be a joint academy council with Outwood Academy Ormesby, and current chair Sue Maidens will be continuing in the position.

Mr Wappat added: “I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to lead Outwood Academy Normanby as principal, continuing our work within Redcar and Cleveland. I cannot wait to get started and I am confident that, working closely with Mark, we will be able to continue our tradition of improving schools in our region."

Outwood runs a number of other schools on Teesside (Image: Ian Cooper / Teesside Live)

Outwood - which runs five Teesside secondary schools - will take over from September 1, with staff set to move across on TUPE arrangements.

The trust announced last month it will launch a new behaviour policy after criticism of its strict approach to discipline, which has been dubbed 'flattening the grass'.

'Consequences rooms' - where pupils are put in isolation away from classrooms - will be renamed 'reflection rooms' as part of the plan.

The trust will face a challenge at Hillsview.

The last Ofsted monitoring visit, in November last year, found that leadership was not taking effective action towards the removal of special measures - and recommended the school does not seek to appoint newly qualified teachers.